Folding crib.



F. H. FARRINGTON.

FOLDING CRIB.

APPLIUATION FILED FEB. 12, 1912. 1,102,027, Patented June 30,191 L 2SHEETSSHEET 1.

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F. H. FARRINGTON.

FOLDING CRIB.

APPLICATION BLED FEB. 12. 1912.

1,102,027.- Patented June 30, 1914.

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i FRANK H. EARRINGTON, OF ROANOKE, ALABAMA.

FOLDING CRIB.

Specification of Letters Patent. p t t gfi Application filed February12, .1912. Serial No. 677,049.

[0 all whom it may concern:

le it known that I, F nann H. FARRING- To)", a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Roanoke, in the county of Randolph and State ofAlabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldingCribs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in cribs. and more particularlyto that class of inventions in which the head and foot boards arecapable of being swung upon or over the spring frame for forming a smallcompass whereby the entire crib when in a collapsed condition can bemoved beneath the regulation size bed, so that it will be out of the waywhen not in use.

The invention consists in certain novel features in. the constructionand the combination of parts which willbe hereinafter described andpointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of thecrib; Fig. 2 is a view showing the crib in a collapsed condition; Fig. 3is an end view; and Fig. l is an enlarged detail view, partly insection, showing the connection between the spring frame represent thehead and foot boards and C- is the spring frame. Arms 1, l, are rigidlyconnected to the frames of the headand foot boards'and are pivotallyconnected to the spring frame C. These arms being rigidly connected tothe posts will form a means for holding the spring frame in its normalposition and they will also form the media m whereby the spring framecan be drawn from its lowered posit-ion, or when the bed is in acollapsed condition, to an elevated position when the bed is in anassembled position, as is clearly shown in Fig. l. Latches 2 areconnected to the spring frame and engage the rail .3 of the head andfoot boards for fastening the A and 1) spring frame in position.Connected to each post of the head and foot boards are sprir g bars 4which are provided with lugs 5, which enter openings 6 in the sides ofthe spring frame C. These bars 4 are sufficiently resilient to be movedtoward the posts to release the spring from engagement therewith when itis desired to lower the spring frame and collapse the bed but when it isdesired to hold the spring frame rigidly, the lugs are caused to enterthe openings 6 in the spring frame. When the spring frame is being drawnto its elevated posit-ion it will engage the lower portion of the bar-.4and will travel along the bar until the opening (3 in the spring framecomes into registry with the lug 5 whereupon the lug 3 of each bar willenter an opening ("3 in the spring frame securely locking the sprlngframe against movement. Uprights T are connected to the spring frame andextend below and above the frame. The lower ends of the standards oruprights are. provided with casters 8 upon which the spring frame issupported when'lowered and the upper ends of the uprights support thespring sides or gates 8. The gates are provided with latches 9 whichengage studs 10 on the posts of the head and foot boards for holding thesides in an upright position. When it is desired to collapse the crib orbed in the position shown in Fig. 2, the latches are disengaged from therails 3 and the spring bars L are disengaged from the spring frame sothat by swinging one of the boards onto the spring frame after, ofcourse, the sides or gates have been swung upon the spring frame, oneend of the spring frame will be lowered so as to rest upon the upright 7then the other board is swung upon the spring frame lowering the frameonto the standards at its other end so that the crib can then be movedbeneath a large or standard bed or to any other convenient point.

In the foregoing. as will be seen, I have provided means whereby the bedframe can be raised or lowered and held in position by the arms 1 whichare connected to the bed or spring frame and the head and foot boards,one end of the arms being rigidly connected to a post of the head andfoot boards. In this way the sprin frame must be held against saggingand will remain in its normal position, and to insure against anypossible movement and for rigidly connecting the spring frame and headand foot boards together, latches '2 are provided which connect thespring frame to the lower rails of the head and foot boards and theadditional means which are the spring bars 4 which engage the springframe.

' Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is Y The combination with a spring-frame, up-

rights connected thereto, sides hinged to the upper ends of theuprights, and cash ers on In testinwny whereof I afiix my signatura thelower ends thereoflfheaid and foot-boards in the presence, of twoWitnesses.

hinged to the springrame, means for (19 Y Y tncfiably connecting theupper edge 01 the FRAA K FARRINGTOI" sides with the hem? andfoot-boards, and Witnesses:

means for automatically locking the head D. B. LONG,

and foot-boards to the spring-frame. L. BRUMBELOE.

